Model comparison
Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite vs Granite 4.2 30b
Granite 4.2 30b is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.4 to 37.3 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 11 shared benchmarks.
GoogleSummary
- They share 11 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite scores higher in 0 categories and Granite 4.2 30b in 7 categories; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Granite 4.2 30b leads 26.7 to 21.2.
- Granite 4.2 30b has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite | Granite 4.2 30b | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | IBM | |
| Noometry Index | 37.3 | 41.4 |
| Released | 2025-02-05 | — |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 32 | 11 |
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Category by category
Coding Granite 4.2 30b leads
Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 37.4 (#181), Granite 4.2 30b: 40.4 (#127)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite | Granite 4.2 30b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1322 | 1394 |
| LiveBench Coding | 47.1% | — |
Reasoning Granite 4.2 30b leads
Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 21.2 (#203), Granite 4.2 30b: 26.7 (#114)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite | Granite 4.2 30b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1324 | 1375 |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 50.1% | — |
| DTBench | 52.5% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 65.5% | — |
| ForecastBench | 57.1 | — |
| LiveBench | 54.3% | — |
Math Not comparable
Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 31.8 (#192), Granite 4.2 30b: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite | Granite 4.2 30b |
|---|---|---|
| Omni-MATH | 37.4% | — |
| LiveBench Math | 58.1% | — |
| LMArena Math | 1309 | — |
Knowledge Granite 4.2 30b leads
Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 34.6 (#185), Granite 4.2 30b: 38.5 (#134)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite | Granite 4.2 30b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1305 | 1405 |
| MMLU-Pro | 72% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 50% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 30.6 (#103), Granite 4.2 30b: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite | Granite 4.2 30b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1100 | — |
Multilingual Granite 4.2 30b leads
Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 46.2 (#156), Granite 4.2 30b: 47.4 (#146)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite | Granite 4.2 30b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1323 | 1340 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1339 | 1415 |
| LMArena Russian | 1328 | 1342 |
| LMArena French | 1346 | — |
| LMArena German | 1306 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1302 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1325 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1313 | — |
Instruction Following Too close to call
Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 70.6 (#158), Granite 4.2 30b: 71.3 (#150)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite | Granite 4.2 30b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1305 | 1346 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 78.3% | — |
| IFEval | 82.4% | — |
Long Context Granite 4.2 30b leads
Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 40.1 (#155), Granite 4.2 30b: 41.4 (#135)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite | Granite 4.2 30b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1321 | 1359 |
Writing & Preference Granite 4.2 30b leads
Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 51.9 (#172), Granite 4.2 30b: 54.3 (#147)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite | Granite 4.2 30b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1330 | 1363 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1319 | 1294 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1307 | 1340 |
| WildBench | 79% | — |
| LiveBench Language | 34.3% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite better than Granite 4.2 30b?
Granite 4.2 30b is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.4 to 37.3 on the Noometry Index.
Is Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite or Granite 4.2 30b better for coding?
Granite 4.2 30b scores higher on coding benchmarks: 40.4 versus 37.4 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite and Granite 4.2 30b share?
11 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite has 32 scored results on Noometry and Granite 4.2 30b has 11.